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The New Faces of Walla Walla College
Walla Walla College welcomes the following new faculty to the college family.
Alma Alfaro, assistant professor of Spanish, graduated from Occidental College with bachelor’s degrees in Spanish languages and literature and English and comparative literary studies. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees in Spanish languages and literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). She was most recently employed by UCSB in the department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Christy Berry, reference librarian, graduated from Union College with a bachelor of science degree in education. She received a master’s degree in library sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Berry was most recently employed as a teaching assistant at Daniel Boone Regional Library.
Kellie Bond, assistant professor of English, graduated from WWC with a bachelor’s degree in English and earned a doctoral degree in English from the University of Oregon. Bond most recently taught at Lewis and Clark College.
Sallieann Brewer, assistant professor of nursing, earned a master’s degree in nursing from Florida International University. She was most recently the director of women’s services at St. Mary Medical Center.
Loury Duffy, instructor in technology and director of airport operations, graduated from WWC with an associate degree in business and a bachelor’s degree in aviation technology. Duffy most recently worked as flight instructor at Wings of the Cascades.
Tom Ekkens, assistant professor of physics, graduated from Andrews University with a bachelor’s degree in physics, and from the University of Notre Dame with master’s and doctoral degrees in physics. He was most recently employed by Genus Inc. in San Jose, Calif.
Karen Emerson, field practicum coordinator for the Missoula master of social work program, earned her bachelor’s degree in speech and communications from Saint Ambrose University, and a master’s degree in social work at Eastern Washington University. She is a licensed clinical social worker. Primarily, her experience has been with children and families, and administration. Emerson previously worked as clinical supervisor at Casey Family Programs in Missoula.
Barbara Hernandez, associate professor of social work, earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from California State University at Fullerton, a master’s degree in counseling and family science from Loma Linda University, and a doctoral degree in family social science with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy from the University of Minnesota. Hernandez was most recently director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Indiana State University.
Delvin Peterson, instructor in engineering, graduated from WWC with a bachelor’s degree in engineering and earned a master’s of science degree in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University in September.
Angie Roberts, assistant professor of psychology, earned bachelor’s degrees in Afro-American Studies and the comparative studies of religions at Harvard, and master’s and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. She was previously a teacher for Teach for America in New York City.
Daniel Yazak, professor of social work, earned his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas a&m University. Yazak was previously an adjunct professor with WWC.
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New faculty include (from left): Loury Duffy, Alma Alfaro, Angie Roberts, Sallieann Brewer, Kellie Bond, Delvin Peterson, Tom Ekkens, Barbara Hernandez and Christy Berry. Not pictured: Karen Emerson and Daniel Yazak. |
